It appears that Alonso turned down a race seat at Red Bull to replace Gasley. Alonso was not interested in a mid season battle halfway into a season, mainly because he has other interests. Maybe he has a fixed contract with McLaren?

It appears that Alonso turned down a race seat at Red Bull to replace Gasley. Alonso was not interested in a mid season battle halfway into a season, mainly because he has other interests. Maybe he has a fixed contract with McLaren?

Could be. I know there was an option to extend his contract beyond 2018. If McLaren wanted to activate that clause, but let him leave anyway, you'd imagine there'd be a proviso he didn't sign with another F1 team during that period.

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From the German press, it appears Ocon is going to Renault and joining Ricciardo. Bottas seems to have secured his seat for 2020. I'm very happy about that!...

This has not been confirmed, but 80% correct.

Yep, that all makes sense. And hopefully Hulkenberg to Williams.
The Kubica fairy tale didn't work out. Williams have Latifi waiting in the wings but now is not the time to be running two inexperienced drivers. As good as Russell appears to be he does not have the experience to develop a car. So I think the Hulk would be a perfect fit.

From the German press, it appears Ocon is going to Renault and joining Ricciardo. Bottas seems to have secured his seat for 2020. I'm very happy about that!...

This has not been confirmed, but 80% correct.

Yep, that all makes sense. And hopefully Hulkenberg to Williams.
The Kubica fairy tale didn't work out. Williams have Latifi waiting in the wings but now is not the time to be running two inexperienced drivers. As good as Russell appears to be he does not have the experience to develop a car. So I think the Hulk would be a perfect fit.

So far if the rumours are true, then Hulkenberg will replace Grosjean at Hass and maybe Grosjean moving to Williams.

Yep, that all makes sense. And hopefully Hulkenberg to Williams.
The Kubica fairy tale didn't work out. Williams have Latifi waiting in the wings but now is not the time to be running two inexperienced drivers. As good as Russell appears to be he does not have the experience to develop a car. So I think the Hulk would be a perfect fit.

So far if the rumours are true, then Hulkenberg will replace Grosjean at Hass and maybe Grosjean moving to Williams.

That's also good. In fact maybe even better. Despite the problems faced by Haas this year I expect them to bounce back next year. For Williams I think it will be a longer road back.

Grosjean/Russell would be an interesting battle. Grosjean is a known quantity. Russell on the other hand - it's still difficult to tell. He's been driving a dog of a car against a driver who clearly isn't as capable as he was in the past.
Russell certainly looks good. But next year, if he goes up against Grosjean we'll know for sure.
My money would be on Russell to beat Grosjean.

It's looking like a 22 race season next year.
With Vietnam and the Netherlands joining the calendar.
It had seemed like those two races would replace the German and Spanish GPS, but apparently the Catalan government have agreed to fund the Spanish GP for at least one more year. So as it stands only Hockenheim looks like disappearing. No home race for the silver arrows next season!

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It's looking like a 22 race season next year.
With Vietnam and the Netherlands joining the calendar.
It had seemed like those two races would replace the German and Spanish GPS, but apparently the Catalan government have agreed to fund the Spanish GP for at least one more year. So as it stands only Hockenheim looks like disappearing. No home race for the silver arrows next season!

Personally I thought there were too many races already. I feel it just waters down the value of each.
For many years there were 16 races. And that I think was about right.
But as ever, money talks.

Having said that I don't mind if they add more races in the US. That will mean evening viewing for us. Still get your F1 without losing your Sunday!